31.05.2024Eventful start to summer ensures high passenger numbers and Maximum occupancy on alex trains

Concert events with megastars and the European Football Championship matches ensure particularly high passenger volumes throughout Bavaria in June and July, but especially in and around the state capital of Munich.
Next week, on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, things could get really tight on the alex RE 25 from Munich to Prague. This is because Sting will kick off the summer of mega sport and music events in Pilsen with his “My Songs” concert in front of 17,000 spectators. Many spectators from Germany are expected to attend the concert in Pilsen. If you are planning to arrive by train just before the concert, you must expect capacity bottlenecks on the trains due to high passenger numbers. We therefore ask all passengers to allow considerably more time for their arrival and departure.
The series of events in Munich will continue on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at the latest. Two days before the opening match of the European Football Championship 2024 in Munich, tens of thousands of fans of sport and music will celebrate the Fan Fest EURO on the Theresienwiese in the Bavarian capital. A total of 5 concerts, including one by megastar Ed Sheeran, will be played from 14:00. Parallel to this festival, the AC/DC concert will also take place in Munich's Olympic Stadium on June 12, 2024. On Friday, June 14, 2024, this year's European Football Championship will open in Munich with the match between Germany and Scotland.

But the alex trains from Munich to Prague (RE 25) will also be at maximum capacity when two major crowd-pullers take place in Prague between 13 June and 15 June 2024: During this period, almost 250,000 people will travel to the Czech capital for Rock for People and on June 14/15, 2024 for the famous Pivo Na Náplavce beer festival.
Experience has shown that there will be significant capacity bottlenecks when traveling to and from the alex by train, despite planned reinforcements, as some of the streams of visitors will also meet the daily commuter traffic! We ask all passengers to check alternative travel options or to plan significantly longer and flexible travel times.
We ask for your understanding that bicycle transport on the trains is only possible to a limited extent and that passenger transport has priority at all times. Please be considerate of each other and pay attention to your own safety as well as that of your fellow passengers!